Heartbreak again: Wofford nips Catamounts for SoCon title

6:33 AM,
Mar. 11, 2014

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For the second time in three seasons, Western Carolina reached the brink of the NCAA tournament, a play or two away from the program's first Southern Conference tournament championship since 1996.

And for the second time, the quest ended in last-second heartbreak.

No. 3 seed Wofford played stifling defense and got an outstanding offensive performance from guard Karl Cochran to hold off the Catamounts 56-53 in a rousing SoCon championship game in front of 5,799 at an almost full U.S. Cellular Center. ...